May 13, 2003 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Digital River (digitalriver.com) today announced that it has signed a retail e-commerce agreement with Flambeau, Inc. (flambeau.com) Under the agreement, Digital River will build, host and manage the consumer e-commerce operations and new online stores for four of Flambeau?s popular product lines, including Duncan Toys Company, Flambeau Outdoors, ArtBin Art & Craft Storage and Transport Products, and Flambeau Hardware. In addition, Digital River will be providing order management, site merchandising, e-marketing, product fulfillment, fraud prevention and customer service.
“We are pleased to work with Flambeau and extend the benefit of our e-marketing expertise to the company and its new online businesses,” said Jay Kerutis, president of Digital River’s software and digital commerce services. “Working with a network of nearly 34,000 companies world-wide, we are in a unique position to track and analyze the performance of sites to determine what e-commerce strategies and tactics are most effective in driving online growth and efficiencies. By leveraging this solid base of information, we can help Flambeau develop an e-commerce game plan that will extend e-commerce best practices across all of its sites.”
The new online stores are expected to launch later this month.
